Month: January 2017

in this illustration I will walk you through the installation of Ubuntu 16.10 in easy to follow steps. Ubuntu 16.10 was release in October 2016 and is available as 32 and 64 bit. Download the ISO file from http://ubuntu.com and burn a DVD with it. Continue reading “How to install Ubuntu 16.10”

in todays illustration I am walking you through the process of setting up an UFW (Uncomplicated FireWall) for your Ubuntu/Debian Desktop or Server. It is more and more important to protect your devices from rogue people or malicious software and a firewall is just one step in the right direction. Continue reading “Create a firewall for your Desktop or Server with UFW”

I am going to illustrate for you how to install and configure an Emby Media Server. Emby is a very nice media server project with lots of features and it is possible to install it on a variety or platforms for example Linux, Window, Mac and various NAS devies and FreeBSD. Client for Emby are available on for example: AmazonFire, Android, Chrome, Roku, AppleTV, HTML5 and many more. Continue reading “Emby Media Server How-to”

I am dedicating this article to provide you with resources about Ubuntu and Linux. The internet can be very resourceful for providing all kinds of knowledge or experiences of others and with Linux is not much different. The only thing I learned to find out is that there is very rarely a good resource that will cover everything and very often there are vital steps missing. Continue reading “Want to learn more about Linux?”

I usually would expect as an Administrator that when you install a Server OS that you would have a step during the installation process to choose weather or not to configure either DHCP or Static IP for your server. We can only hope that this option will be available in the future. Therefore today I am going to illustrate for you how to set up your Ubuntu Server with a static IP address. Continue reading “Setup static IP for your Ubuntu Server”

if you need to manage Linux Server it can be very useful to be able to manage the server system via a Web-GUI. Webmin is one of the most popular opensource Web-GUI’s out there. In this article I illustrate a hassle free installation on a Ubuntu server. Follow along! Continue reading “Manage your Server with Webmin”

as a Linux System Administrator it can be very tedious to log in and enter password each time it you have to manage a bunch of Linux Servers. So in order to save some time and also to enhance the security I am going to show you how to set up ssh login without password. Continue reading “How to ssh without password”